The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0101 - #0110)

[Porthos]

Welcome to The Stick Awards II: Second Edition!

The Stick Awards are handed out to the best strips of all time as chosen by our fellow Playgrounders.

This week we are covering the comic strips 101 through 110.

For full details about the Stick Awards, please check out the main thread here.

To read more about the original Stick Awards, created by Nazzo, the 102nd, please read his thread here.

To vote in this thread, simply state which comic of the ten listed is your favorite. Bolding the number of the comic (Like this) helps it stand out.

Voting for this week will close on August 18th, 4pm EDT. Any votes made after that will NOT count toward the totals.

Last time out, 90 Consequences of a Failed Skill Check became the first winner of the Best of the Hundred tournament. Who will the first of this batch to enter the next? Only you can decide that.

It's time to kick off you shoes, lay back in a comfy chair, and pontificate just who should be the winner of....

.THE STICK AWARDS II: 0101 - 0110

101 Man-to-Man Chat
102 Lowbrow is the Best Brow
103 Practice Makes Perfect
104 Dramatic Pre-Battle Speech
105 Hordes of Xykon
106 A Sure Bet
107 Defense is for Losers
108 Help from Above
109 Tensions Rise
110 Revenge is Best Served Really Cold

[Gift Jeraff]

Not a big fan of the first Xykon battle. I found the Linear Guild fight better in terms of both comedy and tension. Anyway, I like the whole joke in #104, but the Laundry Night punchline beats it.

#110

[Tris]

I vote 103.
I think this might be the first strip where Rich knew what MitD is.

Actually, I choose 110. It's funnier than 103.

[Sylian]

107 Defense is for Losers - I suppose this is the funniest of the bunch, although it's still so clear to me how much the comic has progressed since then.

[white lancer]

For me, there can only be one choice out of these: #103: Practice Makes Perfect. One of the funniest strips in the comic IMO because of the awesome back-and-forth between Xykon and the MitD. The nutmeg line just kills me.

[rs2excelsior]

MITD makes a strong case. The splash page of Xykon's throne room is underwhelming, in my opinion. 101 is good--Elan shows just how ruthless he can be. 102 was funny too, but really just a one-off joke. And Laundry Night was excellent. There were a lot of good ones in this batch.

I think, though, I have to go with 110. Not only is it hilarious, it's story-related. If Elan kept acting like he did in 101, I might go for that one, but as it is, wins this one.

[SaintRidley]

110 all the way.

[Werbaer]

103

Your broken corpses will taste delicious lightly seasoned with nutmeg!

[Sir_Leorik]

Wow, there are a lot of great strips to choose from! These strips (and the next few after) form the climax of "DCF", and I'd love to vote for all of them, but since I can pick only one, I'll pick

NUTMEG!

Wait, that came out all wrong. I'm a bit nervous, so here goes:

LAVENDER BATH GEL!

Er, yeah, that wasn't a good one either.

How about 103!

[Ebon_Drake]

It's funny, #105 felt so epic when it first aired but now it seems rather quaint when compared with the great battle scenes we've had since. I'll agree with the current majority and vote for #110.

[Coranho]

Ooo, harvesting Kidneys is fun.

But I'm going to have to with #110 with my vote as well.

[gorocz]

102 - even though low brow is not the best brow

Roy has boobies!

is timeless and is cited on this forum to this day on a regular basis...

[ORione]

As I read through these, I thought this was going to be a hard one. MitD's speeches in 103 are fearsome, Xykon's reverse psychology in 106 is awesome, Vaarsuvius and Belkar's argument in 107 is funny, and the moment between Haley and Elan in 109 is sweet.

But 110 beats them all. It's a great moment for Xykon, it's the beginning of one of Roy's pet peeves, and, most importantly, it's the first Order of the Stick strip I've ever read.

[martianmister]

103666 satan devil illuminati

[Bird]

Aye, 102 for me. Elan and Belkar sobering up and then losing it again in the last panel makes it for me.

[Mike Havran]

I don't have any particular favourite from this batch, but 102 is funny enough to get it.

[ChristianSt]

Some really nice stuff (I think I say that every time - OotS is just too awesome ), but I'm going for 103 - Practice Makes Perfect, MitD is just the best! (With close seconds going to 102 and 110)

[137beth]

110, shows just how much evil Xykon has down.

[Ted The Bug]

102

I know, I know.

[kxm]

103 for MiTD

[Emanick]

Hmm, I hate going with the crowd, but I'm going to have to vote for #110: Revenge is Best Served Really Cold. It has both better humor and better drama than most of the other strips in this bunch.

[davidbofinger]

[B]110[B] - No contest.

[oppyu]

102

None of these strips are particularly good, but 'Roy has boobies!' always make me laugh.

[NobodyWasTaken]

This seems like kind of a weak batch, but 103 is my favorite out of the ones that seem like they have a chance of winning.

[Saharo]

I'm gonna boost the underdog and go 105. It is a pretty good "this is gonna be epic" moment.

[thatSeniorGuy]

Could I go with anything else but 110?

[ravenmeister]

Roy has boobies!

Definitely #102.

[Torrasque]

102 is the best. My favorite humor strip of the entire comic!

[quasit]

110 Five, actually

[Hogwarts9876]

I do love MitD in 103, but 110 is my final choice - probably where I started really enjoying Xykon.